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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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